2025 Ch Bellevue Grand Cru Classé, St-Émilion

DUE OCT/NOV 2028

Bright and focused, crisp but also quite tannic with some wood at the fore. A little tense and tight right now not really revealing too much or being too charming but there is great focus, energy and detail with a muscular frame underpinned by cool creaminess. Great potential for this wine. 3.55pH. Ageing 14 months, 30% new barrels, 43% one year, 20% foudre, 7% amphora.

94 points Decanter

Rose petals and iris flowers, love the bright and crisp pumice stone texture set against ripe raspberry puree, moreish and easy to recommend, harnesses the limestone character of the soils to deliver sapidity and energy, 33hl/ha yields. 3ha estate on the limestone plateau, 3.47ph, harvest September 5 to 13, 35% new oak barrels, 10% whole bunches in this also. Derenoncourt Consultants

94 points Jane Anson